EP1946931A1 - Image forming apparatus and ink jetting method thereof - Google Patents

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EP1946931A1
EP1946931A1 EP08100500A EP08100500A EP1946931A1 EP 1946931 A1 EP1946931 A1 EP 1946931A1 EP 08100500 A EP08100500 A EP 08100500A EP 08100500 A EP08100500 A EP 08100500A EP 1946931 A1 EP1946931 A1 EP 1946931A1
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Jin-Wook Jeong
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    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
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    • B41J2/04505—Control methods or devices therefor, e.g. driver circuits, control circuits aiming at correcting alignment
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    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
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    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
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    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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  • the present invention relates to an image forming apparatus and an ink jetting method thereof, more particularly, to an image forming apparatus which determines a time of jetting an ink and an ink jetting method thereof.
  • An image forming apparatus forms a print image on a print medium on the basis of print data.
  • the image forming apparatus forms the print image by exposing a photosensitive member or jetting ink to the print medium.
  • the image forming apparatus includes a plurality of head chips and nozzles provided in the head chips to jet ink according to the print data, thereby forming the print image on the print medium.
  • the head chips in the image forming apparatus are different in a jetting speed according to variations in a manufacturing process and in a jetting gap with the print medium. Accordingly, a quality of the print image may be deteriorated.
  • the summation of a resistance of a heater in the head chips and a resistance of a field effect transistor (FET) is used to compensate for a variation of a wire resistance only.
  • FET field effect transistor
  • the present invention provides an image forming apparatus and an ink jetting method thereof to adjust a jetting time of a head chip according to a jetting gap of the head chip with a print medium and a jetting speed of the head chip, thereby maintaining a quality of a print image regardless of a variation of the head chip in a manufacturing process.
  • an image forming apparatus comprising a plurality of head chips which comprise a plurality of nozzles to jet ink to a print medium according to print data, and a controller which compares jetting gaps of the head chips to the print medium with a reference jetting gap and determines jetting times of the head chips.
  • the controller may compare jetting speeds of the head chips with a reference jetting speed and may determine the jetting times of the head chips.
  • the image forming apparatus may further include a storage part, and the controller may store the jetting times according to the reference jetting gap in the storage part.
  • an image forming apparatus comprising a plurality of head chips which comprise a plurality of nozzles to jet ink to a print medium according to print data, and a controller which compares jetting speeds of the head chips with a reference jetting speed and determines jetting times of the head chips.
  • the image forming apparatus may further include a storage part, and the controller may store the jetting times according to the reference jetting speed in the storage part.
  • the controller may determine a jetting time of at least one of the head chips, and may determine a jetting time of the other head chips according to the jetting time of the at least one of the head chips.
  • the controller may compare jetting gaps of the nozzles to the print medium with a reference jetting gap and may determine the jetting times of the nozzles.
  • the controller may compare jetting speeds of the nozzles with a reference jetting speed and may determine the jetting times of the nozzles.
  • an ink jetting method of an image forming apparatus which comprises a plurality of head chips including a plurality of nozzles to jet ink to a print medium according to print data, the method comprising comparing jetting gaps of the head chips to the print medium with a reference jetting gap, and determining jetting times of the head chips according to the result of comparison.
  • the comparing may further include comparing jetting speeds of the head chips with the reference jetting speed.
  • the ink jetting method may further include storing the reference jetting gap and the reference jetting speed, and the comparing may include comparing the jetting gaps of the head chips and the jetting speeds thereof with the reference jetting gap and the reference jetting speed, respectively.
  • an ink jetting method of an image forming apparatus which comprises a plurality of head chips including a plurality of nozzles to jet ink to a print medium on the basis of a print data, the method comprising comparing jetting speeds of the head chips with a reference jetting speed, and determining jetting times of the head chips according to the result of comparison.
  • the ink jetting method may further include storing the reference jetting gap and the reference jetting speed, and the comparing may include comparing the jetting gaps of the head chips and the jetting speeds thereof with the reference jetting gap and the reference jetting speed, respectively.
  • a jetting time of at least one of the head chips is determined, and the determining the jetting times may include determining a jetting time of the other head chips.
  • the comparing may further include comparing jetting gaps of the nozzles to the print medium with the reference jetting gap, and the determining the jetting times may include determining jetting times of the nozzles.
  • the comparing may further include comparing jetting speeds of the nozzles with the reference jetting speed, and the determining the jetting times may include determining jetting times of the nozzles.
  • an image forming apparatus including a plurality of head chips each having a plurality of nozzles to jet ink to a print medium according to print data, and a controller to generates jetting times of the respective head chips according to one or more jetting gaps and one or more jetting speeds of the head chips.
  • the foregoing and/or other aspects of the present invention can also be achieved by providing a method of an image forming apparatus having a plurality of head chips each having a plurality of nozzles to jet ink to a print medium according to print data, the method including generating jetting times of the respective head chips according to one or more jetting gaps and one or more jetting speeds of the head chips.
  • an image forming apparatus 1 includes a printhead unit 10 having a plurality of head chips 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d,....10n-1, and 10n, a storage part 20, and a controller 30.
  • the image forming apparatus 1 may be provided as an array inkjet printer.
  • the image forming apparatus 1 may further include a medium feeding unit 40 to feed a print medium toward the printhead unit 10 in a feeding direction and to discharge the print medium to an outside thereof.
  • the image forming apparatus 1 may further include an interface 50 to communicate with an external device to receive and transmit print data.
  • the controller 30 controls the medium feeding unit 40 and the printhead unit 10 to form an image on the fed print medium according to the print data or internally generated print data.
  • the head chips 10a, 10b,.... and 10n jet ink onto the print medium according to the print data may be installed in a printing head of the printhead unit 10 disposed at one side of the image forming apparatus 1 and may be arranged in a line form. Further, the head chips 10 according to the present invention may be disposed to correspond to a width of the print medium or to have a longer length than the width of the print medium. The width of the print medium is referred to as a direction perpendicular to the feeding direction of the print medium.
  • Each of the head chips 10a, 10b, ..., and 10n includes a plurality of nozzles 12 to jet the ink.
  • the nozzles 12 jet the ink to form a colour image corresponding to cyan, magenta, yellow and black.
  • the nozzles 12 jetting the same colour are disposed in a straight line or in a zigzag line.
  • the nozzles 12 are disposed on nozzle groups 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d as illustrated in FIG. 2 .
  • the nozzle groups 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d may correspond to cyan, magenta, yellow, and black.
  • the nozzles 12 in the head chips 10a, 10b, ..., and 10n may be driven respectively or in predetermined groups by a driving circuit in the printing head.
  • the storage part 20 stores a jetting time of the head chip 10a, 10b, ..., or 10n according to a reference jetting gap and a reference jetting speed of each head chip 10 to the print medium.
  • the storage part 20 may be provided as a customer replacement unit monitor (CRUM) or a fuse read only memory (ROM) provided in the printing head.
  • CRUM customer replacement unit monitor
  • ROM fuse read only memory
  • the jetting time of the head chip 10a, 10b, ..., or 10n is referred to as jetting timing of the ink, that is, timing between jetting of the ink from at least one of the respective nozzles 12 or respective nozzle groups 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d, and the respective head chips 10a, 10b, ..., and 10n, with respect to the fed print medium.
  • jetting timing may be the time at which ink needs to be ejected from a nozzle to achieve printing at a predetermined location on the print medium.
  • the storage part 20 stores a reference jetting gap and a reference jetting speed of each head chip 10a, 10b, ..., or 10n.
  • the storage part 20 may store a lookup table which stores a traveling distance of the print medium during a time elapsed between a time when ink is jetted from the head chips 10a, 10b, ..., and 10n and a time when the ink is dropped on the print medium according to a measured jetting gap and a jetting speed of each head chip 10a, 10b, ..., or 10n.
  • the traveling distance of the print medium refers to a drop variation of the ink.
  • the drop variation represents the amount by which the paper has moved by the time the ink drop reaches it.
  • the controller 30 compares the jetting gap between the head chip 10a, 10b, ..., or 10n and the print medium with the reference jetting gap and determines a jetting time of the head chip 10a, 10b, ..., and/or 10n.
  • an operation of the controller 30 according to the present exemplary embodiment will be described with reference to Table 1.
  • Table 1 shows the drop variation of the ink during the time elapsed from the time when ink is jetted from the head chip 10a, 10b, ..., or 10n until the time when the ink is dropped on the print medium according to the jetting gap and jetting speed of each head chip 10.
  • the jetting speed of each head chip 10a, 10b, ..., or 10n are all given as 15m/s regardless of the jetting gap thereof.
  • the controller 30 compares the jetting gap between the head chip 10a, 10b, ..., or 10n and the print medium with the reference jetting gap stored in the storage part 20. Thus, the controller 30 determines the jetting time of the head chip 10 according to a result of comparison so that the drop variation of the ink to the print medium becomes zero.
  • a variation may be 11.33 ⁇ m.
  • the controller 30 advances a jetting time of the head chip 10a as much as time of a difference of 0.66 ⁇ m divided by the jetting speed of 15m/s.
  • the controller 30 may independently and accurately determine the time when each of the head chips 10 jets ink regardless of variations of the head chips 10a, 10b, ..., and 10n which may be generated in a manufacturing process.
  • the controller 30 may determine the jetting time of the head chip 10a, 10b, ..., and/or 10n before forming an image on the print medium or while forming an image on the print medium.
  • the controller 30 may determine a jetting time of one of the head chip 10a, 10b, ..., and 10n based on at least the other one of the head chips 10a, 10b, ..., and 10n, which will be explained hereinafter with reference to Table 2.
  • Table 2 shows a drop variation of ink based on a jetting gap of 1.5mm from the time ink is jetted from the head 10a, 10b, ..., or 10n 10 until the time the ink is dropped on the print medium according to the jetting gap and jetting speed of each head chip 10a, 10b, ..., or 10n.
  • variations obtained from the jetting gap of 1.5mm variations obtained from the other jetting gaps may be symmetric values with respect to the variations of the jetting gap.
  • the controller 30 accurately determines the jetting times of the head chips 10a, 10b, ..., and 10n although the variations are not stored in the storage part 30, by regarding a jetting gap 2.0mm as 1, a jetting gap 2.5mm as 2, a jetting gap 1.0mm as -1 and a jetting gap 0.5mm as -2.
  • the controller 30 may compare the jetting speed of each head chip 10a, 10b, ..., or 10n with the reference jetting speed and determine a jetting time of the head chip 10a, 10b, ..., and/or 10n, which will be explained hereinafter with reference to Table 3.
  • Table 3 shows a traveling distance of a print medium during a time elapsed from the time ink is jetted from the head chip 10a, 10b, ..., or 10n until the time the ink is dropped on the print medium according to a jetting gap of each head chip 10a, 10b, ..., and 10n.
  • the controller 30 compares the jetting speed of the head chip 10a, 10b, ..., and/or 10n with the reference jetting speed stored in the storage part 20. Thus, the controller 30 determines the jetting time of the head chip 10a, 10b, ..., and/or 10n according to a result of comparison so that the drop variation of the ink to the print medium becomes zero.
  • a variation is 17.00 ⁇ m.
  • the controller 30 advances a jetting time of the head chip 10a by a time calculated as 0.33 ⁇ m divided by the jetting speed of 15m/s.
  • the controller 30 may independently and accurately determine the time when each of the head chips 10 jets ink regardless of variations of the head chips 10 which may be generated in a manufacturing process as in determining the jetting time according to the jetting gap.
  • Table 4 shows a drop variation of ink based on a jetting speed of 15m/s during a time elapsed from the time ink is jetted from the head chip 10a, 10b, ..., and/or 10n until the time the ink is dropped on the print medium according to the jetting speed of each head chip 10a, 10b, ..., or 10n.
  • a variation in a jetting speed of 12m/s and a variation in a jetting speed of 20m/s are symmetric values.
  • the controller 30 accurately determines the jetting times of the head chips 10a, 10b, ..., and 10n although the variations are not stored in the storage part 30, by regarding a jetting speed of 20m/s as 1, a jetting speed 30m/s as 2, a jetting speed 12m/s as -1 and a jetting speed 9m/s as -2.
  • the controller 30 determines the jetting times of the head chips 10a, 10b, ..., and 10n depending on either the jetting speed or jetting gap thereof, or determines the jetting times more accurately considering both of them.
  • the controller 30 may determine a jetting time of each of the nozzles 12 or each of groups of the nozzles 12. In detail, the controller 30 may determine a jetting time of each of the nozzles 12a, 12b, 12c and 12c by colors. In this case, the jetting time may be determined in detail as compared with the case of determining the jetting time by the head chips 10.
  • the image forming apparatus 1 may also include a measuring unit to measure a jetting gap between the print medium and the head chips 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d,...10n-1, and 10n, and to measure a jetting speed of the ink from nozzles of the head chips 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d,....10n-1, and 10n.
  • the controller 30 receives the measured jetting gap and the jetting speed to be compared with the reference jetting gap and the reference jetting speed, respectively.
  • the controller 30 compares the jetting gaps of the head chips 10a, 10b, ..., and 10n to the print medium with the reference jetting gap (S10).
  • the controller may further compare the jetting speeds of the head chips 10a, 10b, ..., and 10n with the reference jetting speed, and the storage part 20 may further store the reference jetting gap and the reference jetting speed.
  • the controller 30 determines the jetting times of the head chips 10a, 10b, ..., and 10n according to the result of the comparison. Accordingly, the controller 30 accurately determines a time when each of the head chips 10a, 10b, ..., and 10n jets ink regardless of variations of the head chips 10a, 10b, ..., and 10n which may be generated in a manufacturing process.
  • the controller 30 compares jetting gaps of the nozzles 12 in the head chips 10a, 10b, ..., and 10n to the print medium and jetting speeds thereof with the reference jetting gap and the reference jetting speed respectively at operation S10. Then, the controller 30 determines the jetting times of the nozzles 12 at operation S20. Here, the controller 30 determines the jetting times of the nozzles 12 in the head chips 10a, 10b, ..., and 10n respectively or by groups, thereby determining the jetting times more accurately.
  • the present invention can also be embodied as computer-readable codes on a computer-readable medium.
  • the computer-readable medium can include a computer-readable recording medium and a computer-readable transmission medium.
  • the computer-readable recording medium is any data storage device that can store data which can be thereafter read by a computer system. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include read-only memory (ROM), random-access memory (RAM), CD-ROMs, magnetic tapes, floppy disks, and optical data storage devices.
  • the computer-readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer-readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.
  • the computer-readable transmission medium can transmit carrier waves or signals (e.g., wired or wireless data transmission through the Internet). Also, functional programs, codes, and code segments to accomplish the present invention can be easily construed by programmers skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains.
  • the present invention provides an image forming apparatus and an ink jetting method thereof which adjust a jetting time of a head chip according to a jetting gap of the head chip to a print medium and a jetting speed of the head chip, thereby maintaining a quality of a print image regardless of a variation of the head chip in a manufacturing process.
  • the present invention provides an image forming apparatus and an ink jetting method thereof which determine jetting times of a plurality of nozzles in a head chip respectively or by groups, thereby determining a jetting time of the head chip more accurately.

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